I just got a Powerfile C200-RAM (R200) and it was automatically detected and loaded once I plugged it in. I am able to send commands to load a disk into the machine and eject a disk, but when I try to ID a disk, or even send a 'load disk into drive' command nothing happens.

I can connect this powerfile to my MCE PC and browse through all of the disks, identify them, and play them so I know it isn't the unit itself... I can also use "mtx -f /dev/sg6 load 1 0" on the command line and load disk slot 1 into drive 0 without any problems. Can anyone help out? I'm a little new to LinuxMCE...

Any help is appreciated - including how to get more detailed logging information, where to look, where to start... I've checked out the code and am looking through the Powerfile directory now but would appreciate any hints or tips.

I've also deleted the device and had LMCE redetect it and I'm still having the same problem...

"It connects to any host computer running Windows 98 SE, Millennium Edition, or 2000. Alternatively, you can integrate it into a Macintosh OS 9-based network, but the changer doesn't yet work with Mac OS X."

once this is done, a simple make bin should suffice to create the binary. The resulting Powerfile_C200 can be copied into /usr/pluto/bin ..... the trick is, to copy it immediately after reloading the router, so that you can do it before the device starts again.

root@dcerouter:/root/lmce/charon-merge/src/Powerfile_C200# makemake: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop.root@dcerouter:/root/lmce/charon-merge/src/Powerfile_C200# make binmake: *** No rule to make target `bin'. Stop.

Back to the drawing board... I got it to compile, and when I put the binary in place it detected the two drives and created them as child devices under the Powerfile_C200, but thats as far as it got. I get this error over and over now in the logs:

OK - got it compiled and working with the LinuxMCE_0710 branch. It recognizes the drives and I can load and ID them now. Tried to watch one and rip one but both failed - will have to look into that.

Couple other bugs I need to look more into:

1) My device reports that it has 2 drives, but it really only has one. This may be because mine is messed up, but I see that LMCE is trying to load disks into it so regardless I have to hack it to think there is only one for my model.2) 'ID All' is broken - it constantly tries to load the next disk into the drive while the previous one is still in there being identified. It eventually times out and tries the next. I loaded 22 disks and directed LMCE to ID All and when I came back 1, 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 19, 22 were found, the rest not.3) If there are any problems while a disk is in a drive then that drive goes away in the UI and I have to use mtx manually to unload the drive before I can continue. Clearly the correct solution to this is fix the problem that makes the drive go away, but I'd like to add the ability to run a generic unload.4) For some reason my device is getting offlined. This shows up in dmesg: Oct 8 11:57:34 dcerouter kernel: [ 194.264867] ch 8:0:3:0: CDB: Test Unit Ready: 00 00 00 00 00 00Oct 8 11:57:34 dcerouter kernel: [ 194.265037] ch 8:0:3:0: scsi: Device offlined - not ready after error recoveryI don't think it is the Powerfile because I don't any problems in XP. Powercycling the device doesn't fix it, rebooting my server doesn't fix it. I can unplug it from my server and plug it straight into my laptop and it works instantly. Anyways - something else to look in to.

I am curious if anyone else is interested in this... The reason I got the Powerfile R200 in the first place was because the video wiki says it is supported, so if other people are having problems please let me know.